Audio engineers are often misunderstood, at least in the eyes of the layperson. But musicians know just how crucial engineers really are. Whether working in the studio or putting together a live concert, engineers are absolutely indispensable if you want to nail down exactly the right sound.  But plenty of listeners and concertgoers don’t really […]

If you’re a professional athlete, it’s pretty easy to tell whether or not you’re in shape. You can either play the game or you can’t; you can keep up with the competition or you can’t.  But for music industry professionals, everything is way more abstract. It depends so much on how you’re feeling and what […]

Kentaro Mashimo is a professional musician and producer specializing in bass guitar performance and production. He’s currently based in the Boston area, a city renowned for its varied music culture and music institutions.  Mashimo previously studied at the city’s leading music school: Berklee College of Music, and he has gone on to record bass for […]

Originally from Kobe, Japan, music producer and songwriter Felix Inoue grew up with music and, especially, with performance.  With piano as his primary instrument as a child, Inoue cut his teeth on different genres of music and, by his teenage years, started to gain a special interest in electronic music and the possibilities of this […]